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From: Michael Nichols <mnichols@vt.edu>
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I have been attempting to install FreeBSD 2.0.5 which I purchased on a 
custom cd from my college.  My problems are as follows:  My college 
provided me with some sort of custom boot.flp to use. I am unable to use 
the -c parameter at boot up to configure my scd0 to port 340.  If I use a 
boot.flp that I download elsewhere I can configure the scd0 but then the 
installation looks for the files in a different location then on my cd.  
(This is because the college fills the cd with various software, placing 
each one in a seperate directory.)  Since that did not work I thought I 
could copy the files for a minimal installation to my hard drive.  
However, when I attempt to install from the hard drive shortly after the 
swap files are created I get an unable to locate root distribution error. 
 I have installed all the files in a directory call freebsd as per 
instuctions I read but still have this problem.  I thought that I 
might just download freebsd from the net but I am not sure what I 
should download.  Any ideas or suggestions on how to get around either of 
these problems so I can install would be greatly appriciated.